Muhammad Afsarul Ameen | |
Native Name: | মুহাম্মদ আফছারুল আমিন |
Native Name Lang: | bn |
Alma Mater: | Chittagong Medical College |
Office: | Member of Parliament |
Term Start: | 29 January 2014 |
Term End: | 2 June 2023 |
Constituency: | Chittagong-10 |
Predecessor: | M. Abdul Latif |
Successor: | Md Mohiuddin Bacchu |
Term Start2: | 20 December 2008 |
Term End2: | 4 January 2014 |
Predecessor2: | Abdullah Al Noman |
Successor2: | Ziauddin Ahmed Bablu |
Constituency2: | Chittagong-9 |
Office3: | Minister of Primary and Mass Education |
Primeminister3: | Sheikh Hasina |
Term Start3: | 6 January 2009 |
Term End3: | 24 January 2014 |
Predecessor3: | Rasheda K Chowdhury |
Successor3: | Mostafizur Rahman |
Birth Date: | 1 January 1952[1] |
Birth Place: | Chittagong, East Bengal, Pakistan |
Death Place: | Dhaka, Bangladesh |
Death Cause: | Cancer |
Nationality: | Bangladeshi |
Party: | Bangladesh Awami League |
Profession: | Doctor, businessman, and politician |
Muhammad Afsarul Ameen (1 January 1952 – 2 June 2023) was a Bangladeshi Awami League politician. He became the member of parliament for Chittagong-9 in 2008, was re-elected to the constituency (renumbered Chittagong-10) in 2014 and 2018,[2] and was the Minister of Primary and Mass Education until 2014.[3] [4]
Ameen was born on 1 January 1952.[5] He graduated with MBBS degree from Chittagong Medical College.
Ameen was elected to parliament from Chittagong-9 in 2008 as a candidate of Awami League.[6] He received 137,106 votes while his nearest rival, Abdullah Al Noman of Bangladesh Nationalist Party, received 127,815 votes.
Ameen was elected unopposed from Chittagong-10 as a candidate of Awami League in 2014.[7] The election was boycotted by all major political parties and Awami League got majority of the seats without elections.
Ameen was re-elected to parliament from Chittagong-10 as a candidate for Awami League in 2018.[8] He received 287,047 votes while his nearest rival, again Abdullah Al Noman, received 41,390 votes. Ameen served as the chairperson of the Parliamentary Standing Committee on Education.[9]
He was the vice president of the Chittagong City chapter of the Awami League.
Ameen died of lung cancer at Square Hospital in Dhaka on 2 June 2023. He was 71.[10]